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Wells and Wong Mystery Books in Order

Wells and Wong Mystery by Robin Stevens contains 14 books, published between 2014 and 2021: 10 in the Wells and Wong Mysteries series and 4 related titles. The first book is Murder Most Unladylike / Murder is Bad Manners (2014) and the newest main-line book is Death Sets Sail (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2014–2021
Confirmed
14 of 14 titles
Pages on record
3,874 in 12 of 14 books
Reading time
65–97 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,874 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Wells and Wong Mystery checklist

Wells and Wong are the paired detectives in Robin Stevens's Murder Most Unladylike books. Fourteen titles are catalogued between Murder Most Unladylike / Murder is Bad Manners (2014) and Once Upon a Crime (2021), among them Arsenic for Tea / Poison is Not Polite (2015), First Class Murder (2015), Mistletoe and Murder (2016) and Death in the Spotlight (2018). A run of Deepdean mini mysteries and novellas sits alongside the main sequence. Recorded subjects include murder, friendship, schools, and historical mystery in children's fiction.

How many Wells and Wong Mystery books are there?

Wells and Wong Mystery has 14 books, released between 2014 and 2021. 10 of them belong to the Wells and Wong Mysteries series, and 4 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas and other titles.

Wells and Wong Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Wells and Wong Mystery books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Murder Most Unladylike / Murder is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens, book 1 of the Wells and Wong Mysteries series
  2. Cover of Arsenic for Tea / Poison is Not Polite by Robin Stevens, book 2 of the Wells and Wong Mysteries series (2015)
  3. Cover of First Class Murder by Robin Stevens, book 3 of the Wells and Wong Mysteries series (2015)
  4. Cover of Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens, book 4 of the Wells and Wong Mysteries series (2016)
  5. Cover of Cream Buns and Crime by Robin Stevens, book 6 of the Wells and Wong Mysteries series (2017)
  6. Cover of A Spoonful of Murder by Robin Stevens, book 7 of the Wells and Wong Mysteries series (2018)
  7. Cover of Death in the Spotlight by Robin Stevens, book 8 of the Wells and Wong Mysteries series (2018)
  8. Cover of Death Sets Sail by Robin Stevens, book 10 of the Wells and Wong Mysteries series (2020)
  1. 1
    Murder Most Unladylike / Murder is Bad MannersWells and Wong Mysteries #12014 · 322 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014322
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  2. 2
    Arsenic for Tea / Poison is Not PoliteWells and Wong Mysteries #22015 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015352
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  3. 3
    First Class MurderWells and Wong Mysteries #32015 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015336
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  4. 4
    The Case of the Blue VioletMurder Most Unladylike Mini Mysteries Short Stories/Novellas #12016 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016192
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  5. 5
    The Case of the Deepdean VampireMurder Most Unladylike Mini Mysteries Short Stories/Novellas #22016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  6. 6
    Jolly Foul PlayWells and Wong Mysteries #42016 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016336
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  7. 7
    Mistletoe and MurderWells and Wong Mysteries #52016 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016400
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  8. 8
    Cream Buns and CrimeWells and Wong Mysteries #62017 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017256
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  9. 9
    A Spoonful of MurderWells and Wong Mysteries #72018 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018368
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  10. 10
    Death in the SpotlightWells and Wong Mysteries #82018 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018416
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  11. 11
    Top Marks for MurderWells and Wong Mysteries #92019 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019400
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  12. 12
    The Case of the Drowned PearlMurder Most Unladylike Mini Mysteries Short Stories/Novellas #42020 · 96 pages · confirmed 4/4
    202096
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  13. 13
    Death Sets SailWells and Wong Mysteries #102020 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020400
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  14. 14
    Once Upon a CrimeMurder Most Unladylike #12021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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Do you have to read Wells and Wong Mystery books in order?

You should read the Wells and Wong Mysteries series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 4 related titles (short stories and novellas and other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Wells and Wong Mystery book also stands alone.

Where to start with Wells and Wong Mystery

Start with Murder Most Unladylike / Murder is Bad Manners (2014), the earliest published book in the Wells and Wong Mysteries series.

What is the newest Wells and Wong Mystery book?

Death Sets Sail (2020) is the newest book in the Wells and Wong Mysteries series. The newest related title is Once Upon a Crime (2021).

Is there a new Wells and Wong Mystery book coming?

No next Wells and Wong Mystery book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Wells and Wong Mystery at a glance

No recent titles
The newest main-line Wells and Wong Mystery title on record is Death Sets Sail (2020), 6 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
Release pace
Wells and Wong Mystery books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,874 pages across the 12 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Wells and Wong Mystery books, 11 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
3 of the 14 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Wells and Wong Mystery books are about

12 of the 14 Wells and Wong Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 8 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Robin Stevens

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Series that include Wells and Wong Mystery books

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